USB 3.0 Ports Problem

[Adamsavage79]

Not sure if this belongs here, but I've noticed my USB 3.0 ports are not giving me anywhere near the speeds I should be getting. I don't know if it's because of just how old my System overall is, or what is going on. When I run Crystal Disk Mark on my External Drive, I get the same speeds on USB 2.0 vs USB 3.0. I've ruled out the drive, as I tested it on my friends laptop and I was getting the following:

Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 115.495 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 116.036 MB/s

This is on USB 3.0 on my PC, with standard Windows drivers:

Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 32.557 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 32.395 MB/s

This is USB 3.0 with drivers from Mobo website:


Sequential Read (Q= 32,T= 1) : 32.342 MB/s
Sequential Write (Q= 32,T= 1) : 31.769 MB/s

Speccy throws up an error when I try to publish, so I saved my specs as a text file.

 

[Adamsavage79]

Never mind, it's dark behind the PC and I thought I had plugged into USB 3.0, but was in 2.0... Seeing normal speeds now.

 

[Digerati]

LOL

Been there done that. Thanks for coming back and posting what you found.